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fulfilment

/fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/

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India/ˈfʊl.fɪl.menʈ/

fulfilment noun: the act of fulfilling or the state or quality of being fulfilled; consummation; completion; realization.

Noun

fulfilment (countable and uncountable, plural fulfilments)

  1. (UK) The act of fulfilling or the state or quality of being fulfilled; consummation; completion; realization.
    • To achieve fulfilment of one's hopes.
    • Fulfilment of contractual obligations.
    Synonyms:
    dispatch
  2. (UK) A feeling of satisfaction obtained from one's aspirations or needs being fulfilled.
    • What brings you fulfilment in life?
    • Personal fulfilment comes from having a sense of purpose.
  3. (UK) The activities performed once an order is received to fulfill the order; packaging, distributing and shipping goods.

fulfilment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

fulfilment in Hindi

act of fulfilling or state of being fulfilled
निर्वाहन nirvāhan

fulfilment in Tamil

நிறைவு, நிறைவேற்றம், நிறைமானம்

fulfilment in Urdu

fulfilment
ادائیگی adāīgī

fulfilment in Bengali

fulfilment, completion, repletion
পূরণ puron
fulfilment
পালন palon
More languagesFewer languages
fulfilment in Telugu
సిద్ధి siddhi
fulfilment in Malayalam
നിറവേറ്റൽ, നടത്തിപ്പ്, പൂരണം, നിർവ്വഹണം
fulfilment in Kannada
ಈಡೇರಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ನೆರವೇರಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ಸಲುವಳಿಕೆ, ಕೈಗೂಡಿಕೆ

Examples of fulfilment in a sentence

  • We have yet to see the fulfilment of his potential.
  • Civilisation has imbued man's minds with false ideas of the evil of sex and its fulfilment.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 159:

Synonyms of fulfilment

Forms of fulfilment

pluralfulfilments
alternative USfulfillment

Origin of fulfilment

From Middle English fulfillen, from Old English fullfyllan, from full (“full”) + fyllan (“to fill”). Equivalent to fulfill + -ment.

Words formed from fulfilment

Phrases with fulfilment

Questions about fulfilment

What does fulfilment mean?
Fulfilment means the act of fulfilling or the state or quality of being fulfilled; consummation; completion; realization.
What is fulfilment in Hindi?
Fulfilment in Hindi is निर्वाहन (nirvāhan). See Fulfilment meaning in Hindi.
How do you use fulfilment in a sentence?
We have yet to see the fulfilment of his potential.
What part of speech is fulfilment?
Fulfilment is a noun.
How do you pronounce fulfilment?
Fulfilment is pronounced /fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of fulfilment?
The plural of fulfilment is fulfilments.

Words near fulfilment in the dictionary

  1. fulfillment center
  2. fulfillments
  3. fulfillness
  4. fulfillnesses
  5. fulfills
  6. fulfilment
  7. fulfilment centre
  8. fulfilment centres
  9. fulfilments
  10. fulfilness
  11. fulfils

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fulfilment (page history and authors); fulfilment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ادائیگی (Urdu) (page history and authors); পালন (Bengali) (page history and authors); సిద్ధి (Telugu) (page history and authors); fulfilment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fulfilment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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